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Oaxacan Toymaker Keeps Fading Tradition Alive
China mass produces most of the toys you’ll find in stores these days. If you’re looking for [...]
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Students Killed During Protest in Guerrero State
Two students from the “Isidro Burgos” rural teaching academy in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero were shot dead during a [...]
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Documentary: Mexico’s Drug War in Context
The following is a transcript of a documentary produced for FSRN which aired November 25, 2011. The [...]
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Camotero Carts: Mexican street vendor ingenuity
ANCHOR: [STEAM WHISTLE] That’s the sound of a distinctly Mexican invention. As you can hear, it has [...]
Drug War, feature, human rights, impunity, social movements
Activists Seek War Crimes Charges Against Mexican President
A group of attorneys and human rights activists are seeking to have Mexico’s president, other government officials [...]
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